How to Conquer Line Terror

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I want to write this guide to help others complete what I consider to be one of the hardest achievements in this game, clearing level 3 in Line Terror. I can say straight up that this is one of the most BRUTAL things I have done in a while, but thankfully I have some ideas on how to help. Attempting to do this, you will likely clear the goals for this game as well if you are aiming to do that also. Or, at the very least, get an idea on how this game works. Line Terror is based off of Qix, a Taito game series where you draw boxes to claim territory for points. Any area you draw on and close off that isn't occupied by the Qix (the abstract moving line thing) will give you points. The key difference here in Arcade Paradise is you don't have two buttons for drawing fast or drawing slow for double points. Here, you move very slowly slow-ish (edit: a recent update in September 2022 sped up your movement speed a bit), as well as the Qix itself, all set to ominous music. All interaction is done with the direction inputs, no buttons. Both games are savage and will show no mercy. Ideally, you would want to draw long vertical columns where you can section off places of the board to where the Qix (The abstract moving line thing, the Terror), can be coaxed into being boxed off. Easier said than done of course, because the Qix and its cohorts will mess with you on their whimsy. Keep a watchful eye on the Qix, especially if it is close to you. The Sparx are probably the biggest actual threat (at least to me), because they will end you if you don't keep tabs on them. When you notice one approaching you, prepare to draw a box so you can dodge them. Exercise caution however, that whenever you happen box one in, they CAN reverse course and come right at you. They can have weird behavior from time to time. As long as you keep moving when you're drawing, you should not have to deal with the fuse that follows and destroys you. However, thanks to the slower nature of Line Terror, you could take advantage of this. You can actually pause for a moment when drawing, then the fuse starts following your trail, continue drawing for a bit and pause again, then the fuse will take about a second to get back to its pursuit from where it was, buying you time. Doing this can be helpful in timing making boxes at just the right time to avoid getting hit by sparx. (This is similar the real Qix game, except the fuse would be MUCH faster and have zero delay in restarting its chase) And of course, be careful when drawing because that is when the Qix will try to take a life off of you. And DON'T EVER DRAW IN A SPIRAL (You won't be able to get out of it and will lose a life to a fuse). Other than that, this is a very methodical type of game, where patience and intense concentration are required for success. Here are some examples of this strategy in action, in original Qix (VOLUME WARNING on the videos, because Qix is a very noisy game): Notice in the videos that the Qix usually has trouble squeezing in between small gaps on the board. This is one way you can influence where it goes. The Qix in Line Terror will behave in a similar way, where if it feels a bump somewhere, it may change its path, or go back and forth. It actually is possible to get it stuck in a certain spot, which happens once in a blue moon, and I can't really explain how it happens except to show a picture of what that looked like later on. If you are able to get this to happen consistently, more power to you. When playing this (and the original) in the right way, it will look like a Mondrian painting. Even more so if you have a friend by you to help. I'd imagine Co-op could make this challenge easier if your partner knows what to do along with you. In one of the Youtube videos about Qix, the one titled "QIX consecutive 99%red fills.wmv" shows a fancy technique that can actually help us some in Line Terror. In Qix, if you take too much time, more Sparx will spawn at the top of the board and later give an alert to when they become more aggressive. By making a "Sparx Trap" at the top, the additional sparx that spawn as time goes on will only circle around the inside of the trap, making fewer sparx that could chase you around. The player also happened to actually trap one of the already existing sparx as well! How to do this in Line Terror? The idea is similar, but different. You can do this nearly anywhere. You draw a box somewhere on the border and wait for a sparx to go towards it and onto it. Then as the sparx is within the zone you are drawing over and then you close it off, there is the chance that it will be trapped in the box inside of a box making it motionless and unable to get to you. Do be careful though, as making this trap has a chance of not working. The sparx will have to be on the actual small box as you box it off (this is where you strategically pause to wait for it, while moving every so often to make sure the fuse doesn't get you). The timing is pretty tight, but this will be incredibly helpful on levels 2 and especially 3, where there are 3 and 4 sparx on the field respectively. Even if you don't get all the sparx trapped somehow, having less of them chase you around will make things *slightly* less stressful. I will show an example of this in my 3rd example game. If you are able to clear level 1, levels 2 and 3 shouldn't be that much more of a stretch. Well... it kinda is because you'd be dealing with more sparx but the basic strategy would always apply. In the first picture, I show that I am waiting for the sparx to pass by before I complete my box. Also as a reminder that actually boxing in a sparx can make it do a double take and come right at you, so either be prepared for that or wait for it to get away from your box drawing. Notice the fuse that spawns at where I started the box. It will take a second before it starts chasing me. If you do movement every other half-second (I guess micro-tapping), then it wouldn't make much progress on you. I had lost a life earlier, where if I were really trying for the achievement, I would have started over. Lives are incredibly valuable here, because you don't gain any more through points. You will only have 3. Here I build a wall of small boxes. It prevents the Qix from going downward into the corner. I start building a vertical wall so that hopefully it stays around the same area. Remember that small boxes and walls are used and not mad dash lines so that the Qix won't take a life off of you. Now I had been building small and skinny boxes along the way. I did make a nice corner on the top left the Qix could be in, but he ended up going around to the bottom-left. This is still a good opportunity. I make my way down to where I can close it off. As a side note, if you ever have your movement stuck, it is because you made slightly uneven boxes to go along. Just make a box around where you can't go on if this comes up. There was one time I kinda did proper stuck with no movement at all in a skinny chasm, so be careful when lining up boxes. Now, keeping a watchful eye on the Qix as I close the gap to make sure it doesn't try anything fancy... I was able to close it off! 83% Filled right there, and a ton of points. Getting 85% cleared is one of the goals for the machine if you want to aim for that. The Qix is hard to influence, but there are rare times when things will work in your favor. Like here in this image, the Qix is seemingly stuck. I do not have a good explanation for this other than it messed around and found out. Then, seeing the opportunity, I took a chance and it closed off! What I did here was incredibly gutsy and risky, because it could have unhooked itself at anytime and took a life from me. Using the (unintended?) trick I found out, here is what a level 1 would look like with it: At the start, I attempt to create sparx traps, by drawing small boxes, waiting for a sparx, then drawing around the smaller box as sparx approaches t